(つけもの)

つけもの
noun
pickles, pickled vegetables
1. pickles, pickled vegetables
Vegetables preserved by pickling in salt, rice bran, vinegar, sake lees, or miso.
Pickles are essential to Japanese meals.
I make homemade pickles.
(はん)(とも)漬物(つけもの)ある。
There are pickles as a side dish for rice.
ご飯のお供 means accompaniments for rice
The pickles my grandmother makes are very delicious.
Japanese inns often serve pickles with breakfast.

漬物(つけもの) refers to Japanese-style pickled vegetables, a staple side dish served with most traditional meals. Vegetables are preserved using salt, rice bran, vinegar, miso, or sake lees.

MAJOR TYPES:

COMMON VEGETABLES:
大根(だいこん) (daikon), きゅうり (cucumber), 白菜(はくさい) (napa cabbage), なす (eggplant).

ALTERNATE NAMES:
Also called お新香(しんこ) or お香々(こうこ) in polite or traditional speech.

CULTURAL NOTE:
漬物(つけもの) is served as a side dish with almost every traditional Japanese meal. Many households make their own, and regional varieties are a source of local pride.